Contact Info

Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity solutions to customers seeking peak performance in demanding environments. The company provides wear-resistant products, application engineering and services backed by advanced material science serving customers across diverse sectors of industrial production, transportation, earthworks, energy, infrastructure and aerospace.
The company’s solutions are built around technology platforms, including precision-engineered metalworking tools and components, surface technologies and earth cutting tools that are mission-critical to customer operations battling extreme conditions associated with wear fatigue, corrosion and high temperatures.
End users of the company’s products include manufacturers, metalworking suppliers, machinery operators and processors engaged in a range of industries, including the manufacture of transportation vehicles and systems; machine tool, light machinery and heavy machinery industries; airframe and aerospace components and systems, defense; as well as producers and suppliers in equipment-intensive operations, such as coal mining, road construction, quarrying, oil and gas exploration, refining, production and supply.
The company’s product offering includes a selection of standard and customized technologies for metalworking, such as metal cutting tools, tooling systems and services, as well as materials, such as cemented tungsten carbide products, super alloys, coatings and investment castings to address customer demands. The company offers these products through various channels to meet customer-specified needs. The company supplies tooling, engineered components and advanced materials consumed in production processes.
The company specializes in developing and manufacturing metalworking tools and wear-resistant engineered components and coatings using a specialized type of powder metallurgy. Its metalworking tools are made of cemented tungsten carbides, ceramics, cermets and super-hard materials. The company also manufactures and markets a line of tool holders, tool-holding systems and rotary-cutting tools by machining and fabricating steel bars and other metal alloys. In addition, it produces specialized compacts and metallurgical powders, as well as products made from tungsten carbide or other hard materials that are used for custom-engineered and challenging applications, including mining and highway construction, among others. Further, it develops, manufactures, and markets engineered components and surface technology solutions with proprietary metal cladding capabilities, as well as process technology and materials that focus on component deburring, polishing and effecting controlled radii.
Segments
The company’s operations are organized into two segments, Industrial and Infrastructure.
Industrial
In the Industrial segment, the company focuses on customers in the transportation, general engineering, aerospace and defense market sectors, as well as the machine tool industry. The company’s customers in these end markets use its products and services in the manufacture of engines, airframes, automobiles, trucks, ships and other various types of industrial equipment. The technology and customization requirements it provides vary by customer, application and industry. The value the company delivers to its Industrial segment customers centers on knowledge of its customers processes, application expertise and its diverse offering of products and services.
Infrastructure
In the Infrastructure segment, the company focuses on customers in the energy and earthworks market sectors who support primary industries, such as oil and gas, power generation and chemicals; underground, surface and hard-rock mining; highway construction and road maintenance; process industries, such as food and beverage.
International Operations
During 2014, the company generated 60 percent of its sales in markets outside of the United States of America (U.S.), with principal international operations in Western Europe, Asia, Latin America and Canada. The company serves customers through sales offices, agents and distributors in Eastern Europe and other parts of

Our data partners will research the update request and update the information on this page if necessary. Research and follow-up could take several weeks. If you have questions, you can contact them at bwwebmaster@businessweek.com.